Clothes-rack.



M. J. LEABO-.

CLOTHES RACK.

APPLICATION FILED MAY 4. 191a.

Inventor Patented Oct. 2, 1917.

Attorneys .UNITE @TATES PATENT OFFICE.

MONT J. LEAIBO, OF IOLA, KANSAS.

CLOTHES-RACK.

Application filed May 4, 1916.

To all iii/tom it may concern:

Be it known that 1, Mom J. Lmno, a citizen of the United States, residing at Iola, in the county of Allen and State of Kansas, have invented a new and useful Clothes-Rack, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to clothes racks, one of its objects being to provide a device of this character combined with a bed post constituting a housing therefor, when not in use, it being possible to elevate the rack relative to the post, to fasten it in its raised position and to suspend clothes and the like from the extended rack.

A further object is to provide a rack utilizing arms designed to be housed in the post but which can be adjusted to outwardly extended positions when the rack is raised, thereby to support garments.

With the foregoing and other objects in view which will appear as the description proceeds, the invention resides in the oombination and arrangement of parts and in the details of construction hereinafter described and claimed, it being understood that changes in the precise embodiment of the invention herein disclosed, can be made within the scope of what is claimed, without departing from the spirit of the invention.

In the accompanying drawings the preferred form of the invention has been shown.

In said drawings:-

Figure 1 is an elevation of a portion of a bed and showing the rack elevated to active position.

Fig. 2 is a view similar to Fig. 1 and showing a portion of the post and of the rack in section.

Fig. 3 is an enlarged section on line 1 11 Fig.

Fig. 1 is a perspective view of the cap forming the upper portion of the rack.

Referring to the figures by characters of reference, 1 designates a tubular bed post and mounted upon the upper portion thereof is a latch easing 2 carrying a spring pressed bolt 3 adapted to project into the post as shown.

Slidably mounted in the post is a sleeve 4 having an annular groove 5 designed to receive the bolt 3 when the sleeve is elevated within the post. The upper end of the sleeve has regularly spaced longitudinal Specification of Letters Patent.

atented Oct. 2, 1917.

Serial No. 95,414.

slots (3. Secured within the upper portion of the sleeve 1 is the lower end of a standard 7, the upper end of which is secured within a sleeve 8 likewise provided with regularly spaced slots 9, these slots being formed in the lower end. of the sleeve. An annular groove 10 is formed in said sleeve 8 and is designed to receive the bolt 3 when the standard 7 is lowered into the post 1. Sleeve 8 constitutes the cap of the rack and may be suitably ornamented as shown at 11 so as to provide a linish for the upper end of the post 1 when the rack is housed in the post.

Extending diametri ally through the standard 7 are openings 12 which communi- Gate at their ends with the slots 9. An interior channel 13 is provided in the sleeve 8 and seated in this channel is a split ring 11 having outwardly extending yoke-like portions 15 extending within the slots 9. These portions 15 constitute pivots for arms 16 which have longitudinal slots 17 for the reception of said pivots. The split ring 11 is assembled in the channel 13 and in engagemcnt with the slotted arms 16 by first inserting the, slotted arms into the slots 9, after which the split ring is threaded through the slots 17, whereupon the ring is expanded so as to bring its yoke like portions 15 in the slots with the arms projecting from the slots. Sleeve 8 can then be placed on the standard 7.

When folded the arms 10 hang downwardly from the pivots 15 and parallel and in contact with the standard 7, the lower ends of the arms fitting in the slots (3. \Vith the parts thus positioned it will be seen that the entire rack can be lowered into the post 1 and will thus be entirely ooncealed.

\Vhen it is desired to use the rat k, the bolt 3 is withdrawn from engagement with the upper sleeve 8 and said sleeve is pulled upwardly to withdraw the standard 7. As soon as the sleeve or ring 11 is elevated to the upper portion of the post 1 the bolt 3 is released and will become seated in the groove 5, thus holding the rack elevated. The arms 16 are then swung upwardly to substantially the positions shown in Figs. 1 and 2, after which they are pushed downwardly and inwardly so that the inner ends of the arms will become seated in the outer ends of the openings 12. Thus the arms will be braced and will be capable of supporting garmentsplaced thereon. In order that the arms may beheld in inclined positions, the openings 12 are preferably located slightly below the pivots 15,'as shown particularly in Fig. 2.

One or more of the arms 16 may have a I strip 18 pivotally connected to it. This strip can be arranged parallel with or at right angles to its arm and is designed for use as a coat hanger.

What is claimedis: v

' The combination with a tubular housing member, of upper and lower sleeves, a standard of less diameter than the sleeves and connecting said sleeves, the said sleeves and standard being adapted to be housed Within or to be supported above the housing member, a ring arranged within the upper sleeve and having ofl'set portions, there being slots in the upper sleeve for the reception of said offset portions, arms arranged within the slots in the upper sleeve and having longitudinal slots for the reception-of said oilset portions, there being recessesin the standard and adjacent the slots in the upper sleeve for the reception of the inner end of the inner arms thereby to hold said arms in outwardly extending or active position, said arms being slidable outwardly and adapted to swing downwardly into position along the outer surface of the standard thereby to be housed with the sleeves andfthe stand' ard Within the housing member.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own, I have hereto affixed my signature in the presence of two witnesses.

MONT J. LEABO. 1

Witnesses:

E. P. SUTHERLAND, ED J. DUNFEE.

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